soaking

verbnounadjectiveattested in dialogue

Immersion in water; a drenching or dunking.

verb

1
Also a form of soakpresent participle and gerund of soak

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English soukynge. By surface analysis, soak + -ing. First attested in c. 1440 in the Promptorium parvulorum.

noun

1
Immersion in water; a drenching or dunking.
"We came on a wild-goose chase", grumbled one, as he stirred the fire. "Got nothing but a soaking for our pains".
2
The practice of inserting a penis into a vagina and remaining stationary, without thrusting, supposedly used by Mormons in lieu of traditional sexual intercourse.
That's probably why everyone is already having anal sex in ninth grade. I mean, let's face it, even the Mormons are soaking.
Mormonism is a culture very much predicated on puritanical commitments[…]the Amazon series Alpha House[…]made much of Mormon soaking, an alternative sex practice engaged in by two LDS characters on the show. Soaking basically allows for penis-vagina penetration but absolutely no friction. Insertion is OK; pumping will send you to hell.
This all-or-nothing attitude implies that penetration equal sex. (Although throngs of folks raised in abstinence-based religions might [take this view]. My favorite is the Mormon concept of "soaking," which means a man sticks his penis in a vagina but doesn't move it around, therefore it somehow doesn't count as sex. Gimme a break.)

adjective

1
Extremely wet; saturated.
I shuddered as I stood and looked round me: it was an inclement day for outdoor exercise; not positively rainy, but darkened by a drizzling yellow fog; all under foot was still soaking wet with the floods of yesterday.
2
Of rain, heavy but slow enough to penetrate deeply into the top soil.

Forms

plural: soakings
comparative: more soaking
superlative: most soaking

so-so · Neither good nor bad; tolerable, passable, indifferent.soak · To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.soaked · Drenched with water, or other liquid.

soaking · Immersion in water; a drenching or dunking.

Soames · A surname.soap · A metallic salt derived from a fatty acid, commonly used in…soar · To fly high with little effort, like a bird.

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